How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer

Elon Musk’s xAI took over this factory in Memphis, Tenn., earlier this year. This is where it’s building a supercomputer to fuel artificial intelligence. Houston Cofield/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Houston Cofield/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Down a long, flat road in the industrial zone of South Memphis, a newly occupied factory is humming with activity. It’s a low-level white building that spans the length of several football fields. Workers in florescent green vests excavate the surrounding land, and a parade of construction trucks comes and goes. More than a dozen generators steadily burn methane gas.

This part of Memphis, Tenn., is

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